Vulnerability in Linux

[ Description ]Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rtc: spear: initialize IRQ state before requesting alarm IRQ devm_request_irq() enables the interrupt before it returns, so the handler may run while probe is still initializing the device. Initialize the MMIO address and spinlock before requesting the alarm IRQ.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.

[ Advisories ]Government CERT advisories

• BSI CERT-Bund18 Oct 2026WID-SEC-2026-4019

  Linux Kernel: Multiple vulnerabilities Translated from German

  CVE-2026-98866CVE-2026-98624CVE-2026-98745+326 more CVEs

[ References ]References

• git.kernel.org/stable/c/055ef5ce9f67a6a3a1363fa663007f8196cc0fb8
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/aeda50d645bbb55241be840602e338b3a16c24ca
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/c02aa67ea34a826c2cb1aa65d77cf32fafb7eec3
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb6d6a7fbff0414b9eed505d17687b4b7e38fee8
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0cabda9b6f4dd276c55c40bdbb251e8507ae60e